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Installation view at MUMOK-Vienna I 2010 I Photo Eva Würdinger

But Officer, I Think You Are Questioning My Motives

Car roof, police beacon, copy of Kazimir Malevich `Supermatism Cross`

«But Officer, I Think You Are Questioning My Motives» is a work consisting of a car roof with a rotating police beacon and a copy of Malevich’s work «Suprematism cross», which is inside (behind) the roof on the wall. A text stands next to this object and is a constituent part of the work.

Malevich: But officer, I think you are questioning my motives?

Officer: Why do you think that I care for your motives?

Malevich: Because you protect me, and you protect my work.

Officer: You think that is my duty, my work and my duty is to protect your work from your motives.

Malevich: But, I don't think that I have motives!

Officer: Don't worry, that's my job.